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Friday, March 31, 2006
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Survivor finally returned from Exile Island last night, and I couldn’t be happier. I needed a fresh episode more than La Mina needed nourishment. Yes, it’s been a while for us Survivor fans. Last time we saw this bunch of hungry reality stars, they had just sent Dan packing with a ridiculous Tribal Council that was supposed to be moving and patriotic but was more like long and boring. At least I could take solace in knowing that the wonderfully dysfunctional Casaya was now such a mess that the merge was sure to bring chaos. Or so I thought.The show began on the cold, dark Casaya beach. As usual, Courtney and Shane were bickering, this time over beddings and whatnot. Basically, Courtney wanted more blanket, and Shane didn’t want to give it to her. This led to assorted pissy comments, with Courtney ultimately turning away and trying to sleep — visions of beached tortoises filling her dreams.
The next morning, Courtney complained to any person and/or hermit crab in a five yard radius about how cold and wet she was the night before. I did feel badly for her. It was bad enough that she had to sleep in the cold and rain, but then to have be nestled next to Shane and his man-stank? I don’t wish that on anyone. Courtney then explained how everyone was huddled together, but when she tried to join in, Shane just kept elbowing her away. To be fair, he thought she was a giant tarantula trying to steal his thinking stump. Did I mention that Shane’s crazy?
Later, we found Bruce cleaning up his zen garden, much to the amusement of Aras. You’d think a yoga instructor would have more respect for Bruce’s spirituality, but then again, you’d also think a yoga instructor would, you know, do yoga once in a while too.
Meanwhile, over on Exile Island, Sally was still chilling out, waiting to be reunited with someone, anyone. She passed the time by sunning on top of that skull structure and occasionally digging holes in the ground. You’d think she was looking for the immunity idol (which Terry had already found), but little known fact: when bored, Sally actually digs holes for fun. Okay, I made that up, but I could totally imagine it.
Over at La Mina, the guys looked like they all might just keel over and die. Well, at least Austin and Nick. Terry was doing fine, as always. Their morning of malaise was soon broken up by a mysterious message that urged them to search the island for some luxury item. This excited the men greatly, with Austin proclaiming, “Marvin Gaye said it best, ‘Let’s get it on up in this piece!’” Not sure if those are authentic lyrics, what with the whole “up in this piece” bit there, but yes, I’m sure Marvin Gaye was referring to a treasure hunt in Panama when he wrote that song. I’m surprised Austin didn’t then say, “Well, time to start searching. Or to quote the legendary 50 Cent, ‘We’ll be up in dis bitch ’till we break daylight.’”
Well, the guys roamed around, eventually finding a boat moored on the beach. On this little vessel was some firewood and a crate which couldn’t be opened until La Mina merged with Casaya. Did you hear that? Merge! Well, since La Mina had become so La Worthless, the guys had to hop in the boat and paddle all the way to their rivals’ beach. The guys packed everything up and immediately began talking strategy. Basically, they needed to switch someone over from Casaya — and seeing how fractured Casaya was, this shouldn’t be difficult. If La Mina couldn’t shake things up, they were all a bunch of idiots. Ace in the hole, right? Right?
Anyway, the guys decided they would prey on Shane and Bruce. Terry, meanwhile, had his own strategies to deal with. He had to figure out what role his hidden immunity idol would play. You see, he didn’t want to use it until he reached the final four, but he noted, “if I need to use that thing strategically, then I’ll do it.” Uh, what other way is there to use it? As a shovel? A night charm?
Finally, the La Mina guys left camp — all to the sound of soaring, triumphant music. With all the fanfare, I thought Astronaut Dan might be returning for a second, but no. His pale figure did not emerge from the bush. The men then rowed across the sea, and as they approached Casaya, Austin commented, “I’m ready to meet some new personalities, get in there, start bobbing and weaving like Sugar Ray Leonard.” Seriously, he’s really going for the forced black celebrity analogies today, isn’t he?
Over at Casaya, the camp was in a state of total boredom. Their afternoon soon sparked to life as La Mina appeared on the horizon. Well, new guests coming to camp — what to do? “All of us just chowed the rice ’cause, ’cause we’re heathens, and we didn’t want to share,” Aras laughed. Gotta love that Survivor spirit! Shane then called the group together and made a quick pep talk about sticking together. Yeah, we’ll see how he feels five minutes from now when he’s hungry again.
Anyway, Terry, Nick, and Austin all arrived at the camp and were greeted with phony hugs and smiles. “They just welcomed us into their home!” Nick happily (read: naively) observed. Poor Nick. He’s just entered the innermost circle of hell. Moments later, another vessel showed up at the beaches, and our flaxen gal Sally hopped off, also joining the tribe. Wow! Everyone was together! This was the best Brady reunion ever!
Well, every good merge calls for a good feast, and the gang all opened that infernal crate and pounced on its savory innards. There were drinks and snacks and arts & crafts for a new flag. What else could a person want? (Except for electricity, running water, a refrigerator, shelter, bug spray, a car, some money, a tooth brush, a candy bar, maybe a cheeseburger, a pillow, some blankets, clean clothes, did I mention running water?)
Everyone then stuffed their faces with grub; although, no one can quite stuff their faces the way Shane can. I’m pretty sure he’s about three or four million years less evolved than the rest of us are from cavemen. Try this one out for size: eat with your mouth closed, SHANE.
After lunch, it was time to expand the shelter, and it didn’t take a genius to anticipate Shane getting annoyed with Terry’s take-charge attitude. There’s only enough room for one alpha-male on this island, buckaroo. And by alpha-male, I mean scrawny, paranoid lunatic. Sure enough, Shane told us, “It’s hard to tell, but I think that Terry does not have the Immunity Idol. Next time he doesn’t get immunity, he’s out.” Oh wonderful. This could only lead to a wonderful backfire.
My dreams of a total Tribal Council disaster came even closer to realization as Aras told Shane, “We’ll let Captain America take the lead.” (And yes, Captain America was their term for Terry).
“Let Terry build it [the shelter], then we’ll vote him off,” Shane responded. Excellent. You all shall perish!
Meanwhile, Terry began his official campaign to win over a Casaya member. Shouldn’t be difficult, given all the rifts, but then again, one can never underestimate Terry’s incredibly lame attempts at scheming. Well, actually, I shouldn’t say “scheming.” Terry doesn’t actually scheme. Instead, he offers deals. Dumb deals. For instance, he gave Bruce the chance to be top five! GREAT! That’s like that season (I think it was Palau) when someone offered a person to be top seven. Why not just offer someone top fifteen at that point?
Just in case there was any doubt on this savory deal, Terry then said he’d shake on it AND look Bruce in the eye. “I’m a mad of my word,” Terry said. Yeah, like that time he voted off Dan. Oh wait…
Sensing that Terry was trying to turn Bruce, Shane and Aras devised a little strategy to win back their Mr. Miyagi. They decided to make him feel like he was the leader, which meant the two guys kept saying things like “You’re the leader now, Bruce!” And because Bruce is something of a chump, he totally fell into it — not questioning why these people who had always been antagonistic to him were suddenly deferring to him on all questions. For sure, Bruce did notice that people were fawning over him a little more. He even bragged about being in a power position to us — always a dangerous move. Cocky swing voters never last long.
Well, when simple deal making doesn’t work, there’s always another way to turn someone: bash them in the face with a machete! Yes, in what looked like a fairly painful accident, Nick managed to strike Bruce right in the grill with his machete. Basically, he was sawing away at a piece of rope, and in a brilliant move, Bruce stood RIGHT OVER THE ROPE so that when it inevitably snapped, the machete went flying forward, swiftly chopping him in the face. This caused a gash in his lip and a chip in his tooth, and they way they were talking, I thought Bruce might need a special visit to the Exile Island Plastic/Oral Surgeon. But in reality, while it may have been painful, Bruce seemed to get over it pretty quickly, and his lip didn’t look so bad. Either way, not a great way to ingratiate yourself, NICK.
He should have known Nick was in the Cobra Kai.
Later on “Merge Beach” (and yes, that was the overly technical name CBS temporarily named this campsite), woeful machete victim Bruce painted the tribe flag, and let me tell you something, this flag was about ten times better looking than any other homemade one in the history of the game. Normally the merged tribes create a garish concoction that looks a hair better than some pre-school hand paint disaster. Anyway, the new tribe was called Gitanos — the Spanish word for gypsies — which would have made sense had any of them been, you know, gypsies.
Sensing that Bruce may not be as easy to turn as he would have liked, Terry then tried to work his “magic” on Shane, offering him top six if he were to bring Cirie into the fold as well. Of course, Shane wasn’t into this offer because, well, it was completely dumb, but that didn’t stop Terry from approaching Cirie. “Our group of four would like to offer you and Shane the opportunity to take the burden of Tribal Council off your shoulders for the next two weeks,” he said. Why so formal? It’s not like this was an invitation to a garden party.
Luckily, Cirie saw right through this scheme, telling us, “It’s like a dictionary salesman. I mean, I already have an encyclopedia collection here, and you want to sell me a dictionary?” Sure enough, Cirie and Shane both turned down Terry’s wonderful invitation, thus ruining any shot they had at turning a Casayan. The problem here was that Terry was making random deals that really offered no upside to any of these people. He needed to scheme more — get in their heads. He and his cohorts needed to expose tensions, stoke the paranoia. At the very least, get them wondering what the pecking order will be like once the La Mina folk are gone. Once everyone’s sufficiently angry at each other, that’s when you make the deal. Gotta get them vulnerable.
At the immunity challenge, the tribe filed in, and Aras made a particular jackass of himself by sporting a high faux-hawk. Here’s the thing: you’re stranded in the wilderness. Fashion and style really don’t matter anymore. The fact that he actually went and put water in his hair to preserve his faux-hawk is just so sadly narcissistic. I’m surprised he didn’t fashion a Von Dutch hat out of palm fronds and seashells.
Anyway, this week’s immunity challenge was the first endurance test of the season. The survivors all had to climb up to a horizontal pole, latch on, and then hang on upside down for as long as possible. That’s it. Poor Cirie — she’d be done in about three seconds flat. Well, everyone climbed on up and assumed their positions. It sort of was like a modified elephant walk as nearly everyone had their heads stuck in someone else’s asses. An appropriate visual image for this show, I suppose. We then cut to the smoldering afternoon sun, and when we came back to the challenge, a whopping three minutes had elapsed. Wow. This was hardcore!
As predicted, Cirie fell first and took a spot on the sand. Seven minutes later, Probst engaged in his favorite pastime: provoking the players. “You start to feel your muscles cramp…” he said, hoping to get inside all their heads. Honestly, he just loves screwing with people. Soon Aras dropped, which was surprising. I figured a yoga instructor would be able to meditate through such adversity, but that’s assuming Aras actually is a yoga instructor, not some aspiring pretty-boy actor — like Shane. But then again, he didn’t need immunity, so who cared, right?
Well, Bruce and Sally dropped next while Shane bargained for food from Probst. Dude, you just ate at the merge feast. Maybe this guy has a parasite of some sort. Either that, or he’s just a total idiot. Yeah, probably that last one. Well, Probst said no food, to which Shane promptly grunted and dropped too. Oh, how I would have laughed had Probst then carted out a cheeseburger.
Danielle and Courtney gave up next, leaving only the three men of La Mina on the pole. After about twenty minutes, they began negotiating, but that really led nowhere. Ten minutes later, Austin dropped out, leaving Terry and Nick. It was a close race, but at the forty minute mark, Nick couldn’t hang on any longer. He fell, leaving Terry to win immunity. This meant that Probst got to drape the new immunity idol — or immunity bib, really — over Terry’s head. Terry LOVES immunity!
Back at camp, La Mina scrambled for some sort of last-ditch effort to save itself. Terry considered using the idol as a bribe — a stupid idea, if you ask me. Austin, meanwhile, saw the writing on the wall and could tell it would either be him or Nick going home. He approached Bruce and asked if he could have a prayer with him. When Bruce said yes, Austin suddenly flung his arms around him and embraced him, saying something about Jesus in the process. Bruce put up with it pretty well, but you could tell he was thinking, “Uh, I said we could pray, not make out.”
Austin then told us “I’m going home. There’s no question about it.” So clearly he wasn’t. But who would be?
Well, we then found Nick sitting by himself, saying that his one goal was to make it to the jury. That’s all he wanted. One more night. Sorry, Nick. You just sealed your fate. Adios.
As La Mina all sat around and twiddled their thumbs, Shane called a Casaya powwow to discuss their voting strategies. Basically, it came down to Nick or Austin. Well, in typical sore loser form, La Mina balked at this cocky assemblage, despite the fact that Casaya at least did it off to the side. Terry even chastised some of the people, asking if they could have been nicer about strutting their power. Oh be quiet, Terry. It’s Survivor, not the prom.
Well, because it was obvious that this would be a La Mina loss, Tribal Council wasn’t particularly exciting. Jeff grilled everyone about all sorts of things, but even he couldn’t get persnickety about anything this week. Austin revealed that during the immunity challenge, he was pretending to be weak, which was an odd thing to ‘fess up to, considering it was a secret strategy and whatnot. Still, everyone was SHOCKED by this development as we then cut to various people with their jaws hanging. Obviously, this footage was culled from some other parts of Tribal Council — maybe a time when Jeff revealed an inappropriate secret — like he has a third testicle or a nipple on his butt.
Probst then ventured into the rare world of sound effects as he said, “Shane, the second you guys found out there was gonna be no food to tempt you down, it was plop, plop, plop!” Sadly, this was not followed by a “choo-choo!” noise or a “Meeeow.” I don’t know why Probst would meow, but I’d welcome it. Nay, encourage it.
In an effort to spice up this Tribal Council, Probst continued to paint Casaya as an exceedingly cocky tribe. I think this may have been an attempted misdirection — one that would have us thinking that the bottom would fall out from under them — but considering that absolutely no camera time had been devoted to a possible Casaya ouster, we knew that this cockiness would lead to no big surprises.
At long last, it was voting time. The first four went to Shane, who looked like he might just flip out and punch something. Did he not expect that? He’s totally the type of Lex character that maniacally root out those who voted against him. Just when it seemed like Shane was on the precipice of going home, we suddenly got three votes for Nick. Well, four votes if you count “Nic.” I appreciated the producers making this seem exciting with a tie and everything, but c’mon, twelve seasons in — you can’t pull the wool over our eyes so easily any more. Sure enough, the last two votes went to Nick, and he was sent home. But wait! Maybe not! Probst asked if he had the immunity idol. Nick reached behind him, and for a split second, I actually thought that maybe Terry had given it to him. But no, it was just a fakeout. Nick brought his torch up to Probst and learned that the tribe had in fact spoken. As the expelled castaway walked away, he tossed some sort of garment back at the group and uttered something in the sort of semi-whisper/gulp you always wish didn’t come out right before you cry.
Perhaps the most random and amusing part of the entire hour came right at the end when Nick shared his final words. Not sure, but somewhere between Probst’s snuffer and the post-elimination confessional, I think Nick may have been abducted and brainwashed by a motivational speaker cult. He said, “All you kids in your mid-twenties that are in my situation — confused, not sure which direction life’s pulling you, just trying to find yourself — I urge us all: please be hungry, be foolish. Block out the noise, find yourselves. Be who you potentially are. And be true to your dreams and what you really want to do. If we all maximize that personal freedom, that will change the world.” He then added, “Oh, and Shane’s a douchebag.”
Okay, he didn’t say that last thing, but seriously — where did that come from? And how come we never knew that Nick was so “confused”? What did you think of the episode? And how do you think La Mina can get back in this thing?
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Arrrghh, Terry!!!!!!!! My hatred for you grows exponentially each week! What the devil kind of leader is he to endlessly screw his trusted minions up? Shouldn’t Terry have let Nick or Austin win? It’s so obvious. Casaya would’ve all voted for Terry. LaMina would’ve all voted for Shane. Terry pulls out the shrunken head. Shane is out. This shakes things up and makes it a bit more even. It buys time to get a swing vote too. Right? Is that how it would’ve gone? But he’s such a hot dog asswipe, he has to win the immunity challenge too. Now LaMina can (potentially) get plucked off one by one with Terry getting no use out of the thing. Use it as a bargaining chip? With 10 people left. So dumb. I’m so irritated about this. More annoying than usual, sorry, crabby and exhausted.
Holy Crap, Jeff has a third testicle and a third nipple? On his butt no less. B-Side, you had me bustin up laughin while I was reading this. I was thoroughly disappointed that Bruce is so completely RETARDED. It would have been smart for him to switch because chances are he is gonna be the first one to go after La Mina is all gone.
I wanted Shane to go home so bad. He is completely insane. Whats with all the unity now and their little hoorah cheer? I cant help but think what all of these people are thinking as they are watching themselves on TV. Is Shane going “what the hell is up my ass? Do I really walk like that?” Is BRuce watching and thinking “Holy shit how could I be so stupid???”
Has anyone read Austins first book?
OH and dont you think just maybe someone would have mentioned that the camp floods quite often so just maybe they could have built the shelter like La Mina and raised it off the ground??? Oh maybe they like sleeping in a lake…
Lizardqueen, I was thinking the same damn thing. I think he’s thinking that it’s still in his best interest to have both immunities, because then he could use the other one later. But I still think he’d get picked off… though if anyones going to pull a 10 game immunity streak upset, it would be him.
Was I the one who laughed shamelessly when Bruce got macheted in the tooth? Don’t get me wrong, I love the man, and if it had been serious, I would have thought differently. But just that look on Nick’s face.
I can kind of understand why Bruce didn’t switch, but I really hope he isn’t buying all that 2-faced “you’re the man” crap from Aras & Shawn. He’s GOT to know he’s the lowest man on the totem pole over there; I really wish he’d switched over.
They are touting it on the preview to be some sort of big twist next week, tables turned… how many wanna bet it’s going to fall through and be all hype?
Am I remembering correctly…three weeks ago in the preview for this episode, they showed someone being taken away on a stretcher…right? They didn’t even show any footage of anyone being “taken away!” What a bunch of crap!
Umm… what happened to the show’s namesake “Exile Island” this week? I realize it was a merge and all, but isn’t that a great time to have someone sent off into exile — to shake up the normal, predictable tribal imbalance issues?
Pandora (#3), I too laughed shamelessly when Bruce got hit by the machete. Apparently, CBS producers loved the scene too. They even gave it an ESPN-style slow-motion replay, something that has never happened on Survivor before (I think).
But Bruce is a tough guy. After bleeding for a bit, he just laughed it off. Nothing fazes the karate master.
I’m just disappointed that he decided to stay with Shane Vader and the Dark Side. It was the right move strategy, but… *sigh*
I meant “it was the right move strategically.” I sounded like Bruce in that last comment. “I made right move strategy! Hai!”
Lizardqueen, I thought the same thing. Even after winning immunity, Terry could have given the necklace to Nick, then whipped out that immunity idol. Shane would have been toast. It would still be 5 Casaya to 4 La Mina but there would be more time to turn someone. Of course, Terry doesn’t seem to be very good at that.
I really hate it when one tribe gets picked off by the other. It makes tribal council so boring. La Mina needs to start talking to these people and get the bickering going again. I don’t think any of them are bright enough for that, though.
Pandora, thanks for reminding me. I feel ripped off. We were promised someone getting hauled off and nothing. Maybe it will happen next week. Maybe it’s a member of Casaya and then tribal council will have a tie. That would make for some good Survivor tv!
Too bad Nick wasn’t with Shane.
With the Machette.
In the Zen Garden.
hb
Nick was just too hot for that island, he turns me out.
KH
Machete to the face! It gives new meaning to my favorite insult “Go cut a rope.” My real life version is “Go throw a taco.” But that’s another story. I’m so disappointed in Bruce. He reminds me of that kid in school who was always on the periphery of the “cool” crowd. He was allowed to hang around when he had a bag or his parents were away. Told annoying anecdotes. Thought he was a great deal smarter than he actually was. I hope it’s just the editing, because he’s too old for that crap.
I still can’t get over Terry’s foible. zevonia I think winning and giving the necklace away would have made it too obvious that he had the idol. They would’ve just voted for Austin. He and Bruce must’ve had a prayer history right? He wouldn’t just walk up to Bruce and start a last ditch to save his ass prayer, would he? And why do they always reveal information before the vote? If Jeff asks you a question you don’t have to answer. Deny everything.
You’re right, Lizardqueen, I didn’t think of that. Letting Nick or Austin win would have made more sense. I don’t think Terry is a big picture kind of guy.
I really hoped Bruce would vote for Shane. I mean what have these people ever done for him? But Bruce isn’t the only one hanging on to a bad alliance. Has Cirie forgotten where she stands in the pecking order on Casaya? I would have jumped ship just to see the look on my old tribe mates’ faces. She may not improve her chances but it’s better than just sitting there.
Or maybe Cirie and Bruce know what their tribe is like and are aware of the precarious position Shane keeps putting himself in. If neither of them have spoken to the two other women in their tribe about final four, I will be extremely disappointed.
And of course those two should be speaking to Sally right now. Once Austin is gone, everyone will be focused on Terry. They can easily convince the others that Sally’s no threat and get Shane and/or Aras out. Final five could easily be Cirie, Bruce, and the three left from the original younger women.
OR…
Aras, who is slightly smarter than Shane, could at that point talk to Cirie and Bruce about final three.
Dang, it would be nice to see a tied vote again. I really hate this fear of a tie that plagues Survivor.
the item nick tossed back (to cirie) was a pair of heavy-duty wool socks. nick explained in his early show interview that good socks are a major luxury during the cold nights, and that before tribal council he’d promised cirie (whose socks were shredded) that if he was voted out, he’d leave her his pair, which was given to him by dan under the same circumstances.
terry, terry, terry. what a jerk. it’s probably pointless for him to try to hide his military-officer-alpha-male tendencies (he wouldn’t be fooling anybody at this point), and he may be able to ride his challenge strength and his trump card the the finals, but he never ceases to baffle us with his faulty logic and ruthless, militaristic snap-judgments.
terry telling bruce ‘i’m a man of my word’ was just a joke. ask dan and ruth-marie how much terry’s word is worth. and terry’s ‘strategy’ of offering shane and cirie ’2 more guaranteed weeks’ was laughable.
cirie has a good position either way–because she is not perceived as a challenge threat, getting rid of her is not a priority for either alliance–but she still has a better chance against the casaya psychos than against the la mina YMCA.
you can’t really blame terry for wanting to save the hidden immunity idol, but he really blew an opportunity to shake the game up by either throwing the immunity challenge and drawing the target to himself or bringing it out to save nick. with casaya apparently believing that neither terry nor sally had the idol, la mina could have handpicked the boot–the best candidate would have been aras. shane may be the guy calling the plays in the casaya huddle, but aras is really the brains of the operation. it might not seem bright for terry to use the idol to save someone else, but now there are only 3 la mina left, which means if terry reaches the finals, he will have a hard time winning with only two strong allies on the jury.
where was sally this episode? she is actually in a great position, but she needs to take advantage of it. while aras and shane are obsessing about getting rid of terry and austin and keeping bruce in the fold, sally could be working a final 4 alliance with the other 3 women.
sorry for the over-long post; guess i’ve just been suffering from survivor withdrawal. gotta go drop a deuce–
I was hoping that Shane would stick around long enough to be on the jury so we can all enjoy his mad tirade. Next week BOOT his sorry ass OFF! Especially now that his poser actor self has been outed. I know most folks on reality TV are in it to self-promote their acting/modeling careers, but for some reason, Shane’s self-promotion REALLY irks me. Maybe my irritation comes from his many self righteous diatribes about his son and how he doesn’t even need to be on Survivor because he makes so much money as a “marketing exec.” *shrug* Get rid of him.
I missed Nick’s final words ~ but DAMN! now that I have read them, I wish he had had more screen time. Sounds like he is trying to use his 15 seconds of fame to make a statement about how young people can make a difference in the world. What a breath of fresh air his comments are instead of the usual drivel about what a life changing experience his time on the island was. Kinda like when George Clooney got all political at the Oscar’s instead of merely thanking Jesus.
Why didn’t anyone approach Danielle and Courtney? Seems like it would have been pretty easy to turn them to La Mina if they were going to get Shane out.
I’m dying for an all female final 4. I hope Sally, Cerie, Courtney (as much as I hate her) and Danielle stick together.
I’m so happy Shane is still around, he makes for great TV.
Your first comment was a good one LQ, but I don’t think that Terry would EVER be selfless enough to use the individual immunity idol on someone else. He still could have whipped it out to save Nick, and Shane would have gone home. Then, he could have convinced Bruce to flip to make a 5-4 majority by promising to take him to the final 2. Bruce is still in a good position now b/c even if the whole Casaya tribe remains as the final 6, he can stick with the boys against the 3 girls. Or vote with the girls to oust the two strongest players left.
I’m waiting for one of the immunity challenges where they get to pick who they take out. Terry will be out first, and if no one knows he actually has the idol- THAT Tribal Council will be a good one!
great recap B-side! I especially liked you calling the necklace a bib. It is indeed grandiose!
zoobabe, those challenges where they get to pick who take out are for reward not immunity, unfortunately. I don’t understand why the women don’t get together on this-why Terry considers Sally to be a guaranteed vote on his side. He was going to vote her out until she got sent to Exile Island! Sally really needs to get with the other women on this. All women Final Four!
Victoria- are you sure that there’s never been one of those for immunity? I think there has. As for the women banding together- you’d think they would, but we’ve seen time and time again that they don’t. What does that say about our gender?
I think Shane may get a lot farther than anyone suspects–he’s actually calmed down a lot since the beginning, and yet this is pretty much the first time he’s gotten a serious vote against him. Also, who would you want to be sitting next to in the final two? Frankly, I’d want to be sitting there with the jacka– insane guy that everyone hates. I think the smartest move would be for someone to get in a final two alliance with Shane–his ego is so big he’d never suspect that in that scenario, he’s the easy option.
And speaking of egos…Bruce’s must be ENORMOUS to have fallen for ArAss and Shane’s crap (though why ANYONE likes Aras, I don’t know–he’s such a patronizing jerk all the time, often even worse than Shane, yet everyone loves him. Why? I hate him, at least.) Bruce can’t honestly believe that after weeks of trying to marginalize him, his team suddenly realized that he’s the leader.
All these people are crazy–with the possible exceptions of Austin and Cerie.
While I am new to this party, here are two cents on what I’ve read/think. I am not sure that it would have made any sense for Terry to give either of his immunities to Nick or Austin as one or the other would have gone given that no one flipped. Also keep in mind that it looks like he’s going to start to use it next week, so the guy is not dumb, just not the best delivery when it comes to giving anyone reason to flip (YET). While I generally see some things coming, I never considered using the idol for bartering.
While I’ve love to see a more likable win, Terry is kicking butt. Cirie is my girl and Sally (now that she SEEMS to have removed those ridiculous 10 feet long socks, what’s up with that) seems to have the potential to be a comeback kid. Shane should be shot and I CANNOT believe that none his tribemates (esp. those out of the initial alliance or increasingly annoying Danielle who talks a big game) did not flip as the guy is trouble. I think that Cirie should have considered a counter-proposal to Terry’s oh so exciting offer
Maybe she still will.
Bruce has gone from underdog to the most annoying Napoleonic freak with all the false comments made to him. Great flag, man, but his huge head will soon be as small as one of the initial immuity idol heads when he either gets voted off or finally realizes that while he may enjoy hot air up his butt, it’s not rea.
What else is on my mind this week. Aras and Nick would have beautiful babies together but while great eye candy neither has much too add my satisfaction with the show.
What is up with all the covering up of people’s most minimal show of skin. The sensors see a little plumber’s butt and the whole screen is covered.
I loved this week’s challenge. Simple in theory and brilliant in nasty positioning. Some of the challenges in the past few seasons have gotten so visually complicated that I am not sure what is happening.
Great season, great site, and I love your comments! Keep them coming. I am a hard-core fan, and for some reason this show (even when it’s bad) is the best adrenalin rush.
Lizardqueen–that’s what i wanted Terry to go for. let Nick win so he can swallow up the votes and have Shane go off. i’ve liked him up to this point. great leader, douchebag…
you’re the stronger player. you can win immunity any-fucking-time. you could’ve given up the idol right there.
Did you see Shane almost shit himself when the first 4 names that were read at TC were his? I’ll bet that really puckered up his butt cheeks and started to make him sweat. I think he’s starting to get the hint. I’m afraid “Mr. I’m In Control Around Here” is about to have a mutiny on his hands.
Great recap B-Side, too funny
I’m glad those people had more imagination than calling the new tribe ‘La Casa’.
Honestly, I fell for Nick’s fakeout; I screamed when Nick turned this arm to reach for his bag and I thought he’d produce the immunity idol Terry COULD have given him. All he grabbed was nasty socks?! Damn you Mark Burnett & co for making it all slow-mo. Those socks better bring luck to my dear Cirie. I liked Nick’s little public service announcement speech though, he wasn’t nasty crying or bitchy, just trying to talk to the youth, lol. Nick, you were so hot, I’ll miss you and that bony 6-pack of yours. Yum.
Oh and “Medical emergency”? My ass, CBS. They lied. AGAIN.
Sounds to me like the stinky socks of doom are a bad omen. Dan tossed them to Nick on his way out and then Nick tossed them to Cirie on his way out. Could Cirie be next? I don’t think anyone wants to catch that bridal bouquet.
Don’t say that RealityTV4Me!
Cirie will be ok!!